The latest round of AlphaLab companies have been chosen and have already been hard at work over on the South Side for a few weeks. Look for more in depth interviews with the AlphaLab companies in the near future. The Pittsburgh Technology Council is working closely with Innovation Works and the AlphaLab staff on an embedded project whereby PTC staff spend a few hours each week at the AlphaLab offices to get to know each of the entrepreneurs and witness the company-building process first-hand.
Here is some brief information about each:
Digital Dream Labs: Digital Dream Labs teaches computer programming to children by linking physical and digital spaces through play.
Engineered Style: Engineered Style specializes in fashion related software for “style challenged” men, or roughly 99 percent of the male population.
Meaningfy: Meaningfy is a competitive intelligence platform that uses machine learning and collaboration tools to provide workgroups an up-to-date, consolidated view of their competitive landscape.
PoweredAnalytics: PoweredAnalytics is democratizing predictive analytics with a cloud-based platform that enables companies to make predictions from big data.
SolePower: SolePower is an energy harvesting startup bringing the ultimate mobile and renewable power supply to the market. It’s first product offering is a power generating shoe insert that charges small portable electronics like cell phones.
Workshirt: Workshirt helps people capture and share the big events in their lives. The company’s first product, HitchedPic, is a mobile app that captures the wedding form a unique perspective.
AlphaLab is a startup accelerator founded by Innovation Works to help innovative technology companies launch quickly and successfully. Since 2008, 45 companies and more than 100 entrepreneurs have gone through our nationally recognized program.